Class of 1895
NOTES—Our 40th reunion is not far away. We shall enjoy it much more if we can have news of each other during the current year. I wish members of the class would write me of their families and their doings and of other classmates.—R. E. S.
"Dartmouth started out well enough inher football this year, but alas! what awalloping at Chicago! I am the only Dartmouth man in Athens here, so I get littlenews about the College."
The above is quoted from Jesse Marden's last letter.
In a later letter from Dr. Geo. E. White, president emeritus of Anatolia College, the writer says:
"Dr. Marden and I lived and workedshoulder to shoulder for 20 years at Marsovan, he with his great medical work, andI in connection with the college. Perhapsyou know that Dr. Marden is and was awonderful medical man, but perhaps youdo not know that for seven years the hospital which he built, and financed for themost part single-handed, was never closedday or night, week day or Sunday, summeror winter. The war storm changed all that.Circumstances led Dr. Marden to Athens.The Doctor's fine hospital is gone, but heis constantly treating the sick who come tohim, most of whom are so poor that themoney passing between them goes out ofand not into the Doctor's pockets. He istreasurer of the Athens station of theAmerican Board, and this involves handling the funds of the American JuniorCollege for Girls. You and his other classmates have good right to be proud of JesseMarden, but I doubt whether you are asp'oud of him as you have a good right to
The much to be regretted news of Dr. Warren K. French is that he is still a patient at the New Hampshire State HosPtal at Concord. The superintendent reports that Dr. French's mind is very much deteriorated and that he has little interest in anything. His general health is fairly good, but he makes scant reply to attempts to converse with him, and has strange delusions.
Gerry" (or possibly he prefers "Jerry"; if so why not James Thayer Jerould?) is now in good health again. He had rather a serious amoebic disturbance, due to certain virulent bugs he swallowed while in hicago weeks ago. Thanks to the skill 0f a good diagnostician, he escaped the SUrgeon s knife and is now doing things.
In addition to his usual duties as librarian of Princeton University, he is directing the arduous bibliographical task of a union list of all the files of newspapers in the libraries of the United States and Canada. Toward the expense of this undertaking, the Rockefeller Foundation has recently contributed $25,000.
"Gerry" and his associates have a scheme for a new library building at Princeton, embodying a number of novel features, which, with an endowment for its maintenance, will absorb $5,000,000, which he believes will be approved and authorized by the trustees at their next meeting. In anticipation of this, "Gerry" remarks, "Who's afraid of the big black wolf?"
His son Albert, Dartmouth '32, spent last year in Germany and is now teaching at Lake Mohonk School.
Ned Rossiter is no longer a banker. He is in the real estate and insurance business at Claremont, N. H„ his native town. He and Mrs. Rossister have suffered the loss of their only son, who died in the Far West some months ago.
"Tommy" Thompson (still of soldierly bearing), retired lawyer, seems to be enjoying his leisure. A year ago, he and his daughter Hildegarde journeyed to Cambridge to visit Wolcott Jr. and make the acquaintance of the new granddaughter, Eleanor Wolcott, born May 6, 1932. From Cambridge they went to New York City for a couple of weeks, and from there they sailed to California via the Panama Canal. They spent the winter in Santa Barbara, returning to Salt Lake City for a quiet summer at home. During the recent fall "Tommy" has been duck shooting at his club on the Bear River, and his daughters, Hildegarde and Dorothy, have been pursuing special courses of study at the University in the home city. About now, "Tommy" is leaving for a winter's sojourn in California. He says there are five or six Dartmouth men in Salt Lake City and they may form a Dartmouth Club.
Editor, White River Jct., Vt.
